Week 23, Day 7: The Wagon & Homestead

So...it's been some time! I messed up the title and said it was week 27 when it was only week 23 now the link to this post is going to be all funny!

We bought a new house and in all the confusion we fell off the wagon!

I had my first weigh in in about 2 months yesterday and I gained back 16lbs. Now this made me only a little sad considering that I had lost about 50lbs before falling off the wagon. As of this post I have been back on the plan for just over 2 weeks and lost at least 3lbs already!

The new house has stairs that our apartment didn't have so that's some extra exercise I'm getting while trying real hard to get home renovations done. Turns out I'm not a plumber!

All in all I'm back in a good place after getting the fast food and chocolate cravings/binges out of the way for the last 2 months. Eating out also does a real number on your budget!

I have decided to make the plan as easy as I can even though I know this may cause a plateau by eating the same meals everyday. All my meals are as balanced (1/3 carbs, 1/3 protein, 1/3 healthy fats) as I can make to help prevent cravings. Each snack is about 300 calories and each meal is only about 400-500 calories for about 1,800 to 2,000 calories per day. With my BMR at about 2950 right now 2,000 calories should allow me to lose about a pound each day! Also, I'm taking the vitamins supplied by the program...everyone should at least take a multi-vitamin everyday. My new basic menu is as follows:

Breakfast 6:30am:
Protein Shake - 1-3 scoops protein powder, 1 teaspoon flax oil, 1/2 cup soy or almond milk, 4-8 ice cubes & 1/3 cup frozen berries or 1 tablespoon coco powder NOTE: You will not need as many ice cubes if you're using berries!

Morning Snack 9:30am:
1 medium apple, 2 ounces of cheese, 10 almonds

Lunch 12noon:
6-8 ounces of protein normally skinless chicken breast, 1-2 cups frozen mixed veggies

Afternoon Snack 3pm:
1 medium apple, 2 ounces of cheese, 10 almond

Supper 6pm:
6-10 ounces of protein normally chicken, pork chops or steak, 1-2 cups fozen mixed veggies, 1-2 cups some other fresh veggies

Late Night Snack 8pm:
Protein Shake - 1-3 scoops protein powder, 1 teaspoon flax oil, 1/2 cup WATER, 4-8 ice cubes & 1-2 tablespoons coco powder. No soy or almond milk to reduce the carbs but still helps my chocolate cravings.

I will adjust my basic diet as need be to stimulate weight loss...this may even mean having a cheat day every few weeks to help reset my body.

And AND I will also try to hit my goal of 10,000 steps each day but I think this will be easy if I'm still doing renovations around the house!

-Ian

Week 14 Day 7: After the Anger

So…

I just went on a long walk with my wife and we had a chance to talk about things.

Really we did have a good weekend but the frustration I had with cheating made my weekend not so go. I think my general negative experience I’m having with my life right now is making it hard for me to enjoy things that are good.

We did go Geocaching (Connect with me! Username: IanHopfe) this weekend! We didn’t find the cache closest to our house but I had fun and I think my wife would have had more fun if we remembered the bug spray!

Now, I have to fill out my stupid Food Journal…really what the hell is with this food journaling BS? I don’t understand how writing down what I had to eat will help my already anguished mental state about cheating.

Sorry there is still some frustration coming through.

Things should get better now that I had a great talk and walk with my wife!

-Ian

Week 14 Day 7: Heritage Weekend

We had a good long weekend exercise wise but again our eating has gotten the best of us.

Heritage Festival in Edmonton this weekend was great! We tried some food we normally can't get but we also ate ice cream. We walked all day around the festival so we figured an ice cream cone was fine.

Almost got heat stroke on the way home I think because I started to feel really sick to my stomach about a block before getting home. I had to sit in the dark with a fan blowing on me for a half hour before I could get myself to take a cold shower. Felt real good after that thanks to my wife convincing me to take one!

We ended up cheating for the rest of the day and that's not good. We did start the next day off well but we cheated again Sunday night. Today so far we have been good but the temptations are still there. It feels unfair that I have to have to watch what I eat when the rest of the world can eat what ever the HELL THEY WANT!!!

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Needless to say...I'm frustrated!

-Ian